Senior Developer
UK

The median Senior Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 84 64
Rank change year-on-year +4 -20 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 3,244 3,841 8,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.18% 3.92% 5.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.36% 4.28% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,669 2,645 4,552
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 96,558 89,715 157,967
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.47% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 68,983 56,849 84,574
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the UK

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the UK

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the UK

Senior Developer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +3 2,790 £65,000 -13.33% 675
UK excluding London +2 2,153 £60,000 -7.69% 493
Work from Home +14 1,516 £62,500 -10.71% 370
London -4 888 £80,000 -5.88% 321
North of England +36 565 £60,000 -4.00% 110
South East -28 521 £65,000 -7.14% 184
South West +46 408 £58,000 -3.33% 40
North West +47 342 £60,000 -2.83% 68
Midlands -17 281 £60,000 - 75
Yorkshire +55 189 £55,000 -12.00% 31
West Midlands +1 167 £62,500 +4.17% 50
Scotland -92 141 £57,500 -11.54% 26
East Midlands -39 113 £55,000 -12.00% 25
Wales +45 99 £55,000 - 9
East of England -31 99 £60,000 -14.29% 42
Northern Ireland +29 39 £55,000 -8.33% 12
North East -8 34 £55,000 -21.43% 12

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 May 2024, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1,039 (32.03%) JavaScript
2 1,023 (31.54%) C#
3 964 (29.72%) .NET
4 904 (27.87%) Agile
5 802 (24.72%) Azure
6 776 (23.92%) AWS
7 752 (23.18%) SQL
8 694 (21.39%) React
9 565 (17.42%) Full Stack Development
10 563 (17.36%) Social Skills
11 532 (16.40%) DevOps
12 517 (15.94%) HTML
13 507 (15.63%) CSS
14 502 (15.47%) TypeScript
15 485 (14.95%) Finance
16 450 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
17 424 (13.07%) AngularJS
18 412 (12.70%) Java
19 407 (12.55%) Git
20 392 (12.08%) Software Engineering
21 380 (11.71%) Degree
22 376 (11.59%) Microsoft
23 369 (11.37%) CI/CD
24 364 (11.22%) Mentoring
25 345 (10.64%) SQL Server
26 341 (10.51%) Front End Development
27 336 (10.36%) Docker
28 330 (10.17%) PHP
29 313 (9.65%) Python
30 308 (9.49%) Node.js

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 112 (3.45%) CMS
2 58 (1.79%) Confluence
3 49 (1.51%) Umbraco
4 41 (1.26%) Headless CMS
5 40 (1.23%) Kentico
6 39 (1.20%) IIS
7 37 (1.14%) Sitecore CMS
8 31 (0.96%) WordPress
9 28 (0.86%) Apache
10 17 (0.52%) nginx
11 16 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
12 9 (0.28%) Drupal
12 9 (0.28%) Mendix
13 8 (0.25%) OpenStack
14 7 (0.22%) Apache Spark
14 7 (0.22%) SharePoint
15 6 (0.18%) JBoss
15 6 (0.18%) NServiceBus
15 6 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
16 5 (0.15%) K2 blackpearl
Applications
1 20 (0.62%) Photoshop
2 16 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Maya
6 3 (0.092%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.062%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.031%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 34 (1.05%) Siebel CRM
2 24 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.52%) SDL Web 8
3 17 (0.52%) Shopify
4 16 (0.49%) Magento
5 15 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
6 13 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.12%) Sonata
7 4 (0.12%) Visualfiles
8 2 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.031%) Endur
9 1 (0.031%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 802 (24.72%) Azure
2 776 (23.92%) AWS
3 207 (6.38%) SaaS
4 204 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
5 190 (5.86%) Power Platform
6 136 (4.19%) GCP
7 120 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
8 113 (3.48%) Serverless
9 108 (3.33%) PowerApps
10 97 (2.99%) Power Automate
11 85 (2.62%) GitHub
12 49 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
13 45 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
14 40 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
15 35 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
16 34 (1.05%) Kontent
17 30 (0.92%) Azure Functions
18 29 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
19 26 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
20 22 (0.68%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.55%) Internet
2 7 (0.22%) HTTP
3 6 (0.18%) AMQP
3 6 (0.18%) Network Security
4 5 (0.15%) Bluetooth
4 5 (0.15%) DNS
4 5 (0.15%) MQTT
4 5 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (0.15%) VPN
5 4 (0.12%) Broadband
5 4 (0.12%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.092%) IPFS
6 3 (0.092%) SSL
6 3 (0.092%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.031%) CTI
7 1 (0.031%) VoIP
7 1 (0.031%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (10.64%) SQL Server
2 209 (6.44%) MySQL
3 207 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
4 119 (3.67%) Power BI
5 115 (3.55%) NoSQL
6 114 (3.51%) Oracle Database
7 103 (3.18%) Relational Database
8 80 (2.47%) Oracle Database 11g
9 60 (1.85%) MongoDB
10 52 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 49 (1.51%) DynamoDB
12 40 (1.23%) Redis
13 38 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
14 34 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
14 34 (1.05%) Oracle BI EE
14 34 (1.05%) Siebel EIM
15 30 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 20 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
17 19 (0.59%) Power Query
18 15 (0.46%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 407 (12.55%) Git
2 136 (4.19%) JIRA
3 90 (2.77%) Visual Studio
4 65 (2.00%) Bitbucket
5 49 (1.51%) Sourcetree
6 43 (1.33%) Jenkins
7 40 (1.23%) Cypress.io
8 35 (1.08%) NUnit
8 35 (1.08%) Selenium
9 33 (1.02%) Oracle APEX
10 28 (0.86%) webpack
11 27 (0.83%) TeamCity
12 25 (0.77%) JUnit
13 24 (0.74%) Moq
14 22 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
15 20 (0.62%) Android Studio
16 19 (0.59%) git-flow
17 18 (0.55%) SpecFlow
18 17 (0.52%) Storybook
19 15 (0.46%) PHPUnit
General
1 563 (17.36%) Social Skills
2 485 (14.95%) Finance
3 114 (3.51%) Banking
4 102 (3.14%) Marketing
5 100 (3.08%) Retail
6 95 (2.93%) Analytical Skills
7 89 (2.74%) Front Office
7 89 (2.74%) Games
8 78 (2.40%) Public Sector
9 60 (1.85%) Back Office
10 59 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 48 (1.48%) Legal
12 46 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
13 41 (1.26%) Tech for Good
14 38 (1.17%) Law
15 35 (1.08%) Aerospace
15 35 (1.08%) Health Technology
16 32 (0.99%) Investment Banking
16 32 (0.99%) Manufacturing
17 27 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 964 (29.72%) .NET
2 694 (21.39%) React
3 517 (15.94%) HTML
4 507 (15.63%) CSS
5 424 (13.07%) AngularJS
6 308 (9.49%) Node.js
7 304 (9.37%) ASP.NET
8 282 (8.69%) .NET Core
9 266 (8.20%) Vue
10 256 (7.89%) .NET Framework
11 222 (6.84%) RESTful
12 216 (6.66%) REST
13 208 (6.41%) Laravel
14 170 (5.24%) Web Services
15 139 (4.28%) Spring
16 133 (4.10%) Entity Framework
17 131 (4.04%) jQuery
18 126 (3.88%) JSON
19 125 (3.85%) Kafka
20 110 (3.39%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 199 (6.13%) Greenfield Project
2 104 (3.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 99 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
4 84 (2.59%) Product Ownership
5 79 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 72 (2.22%) Equities
7 71 (2.19%) IoT
8 69 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 68 (2.10%) Onboarding
10 67 (2.07%) Derivative
11 62 (1.91%) Fixed Income
11 62 (1.91%) Hedge funds
12 52 (1.60%) Algorithms
13 43 (1.33%) Cloud Native
14 35 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
15 34 (1.05%) Client/Server
16 31 (0.96%) Data Structures
17 30 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
17 30 (0.92%) Virtual Reality
18 24 (0.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 93 (2.87%) Linux
2 78 (2.40%) Windows
3 77 (2.37%) Android
4 58 (1.79%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 11 (0.34%) Unix
7 8 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.22%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.031%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 904 (27.87%) Agile
2 565 (17.42%) Full Stack Development
3 532 (16.40%) DevOps
4 450 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
5 392 (12.08%) Software Engineering
6 369 (11.37%) CI/CD
7 364 (11.22%) Mentoring
8 341 (10.51%) Front End Development
9 303 (9.34%) Microservices
10 284 (8.75%) MVC
11 276 (8.51%) Computer Science
12 269 (8.29%) Unit Testing
13 263 (8.11%) Scrum
14 244 (7.52%) TDD
15 230 (7.09%) Artificial Intelligence
16 207 (6.38%) Web Development
17 200 (6.17%) Design Patterns
18 198 (6.10%) User Experience
19 192 (5.92%) E-Commerce
20 188 (5.80%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,039 (32.03%) JavaScript
2 1,023 (31.54%) C#
3 752 (23.18%) SQL
4 502 (15.47%) TypeScript
5 412 (12.70%) Java
6 330 (10.17%) PHP
7 313 (9.65%) Python
8 142 (4.38%) PL/SQL
9 104 (3.21%) T-SQL
10 73 (2.25%) Ruby
11 66 (2.03%) C++
12 61 (1.88%) Kotlin
13 59 (1.82%) Go
14 48 (1.48%) C
15 24 (0.74%) PowerShell
16 22 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 22 (0.68%) Swift
17 21 (0.65%) Scala
18 19 (0.59%) Apex Code
19 18 (0.55%) XPath
Qualifications
1 380 (11.71%) Degree
2 187 (5.76%) Security Cleared
3 166 (5.12%) SC Cleared
4 123 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 50 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 38 (1.17%) Master's Degree
7 15 (0.46%) PhD
8 12 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (0.31%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.18%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.092%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.092%) MBA
11 3 (0.092%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.062%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.062%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.031%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (3.11%) QA
2 33 (1.02%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.52%) WCAG
4 12 (0.37%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.34%) GDPR
6 9 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.22%) SLA
8 6 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.092%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.092%) PMO
10 2 (0.062%) EMIR
10 2 (0.062%) GRC
10 2 (0.062%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.062%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.062%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.062%) MiFID
System Software
1 336 (10.36%) Docker
2 11 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.062%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.062%) Firmware
5 2 (0.062%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.062%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.031%) Ceph
6 1 (0.031%) GridGain
6 1 (0.031%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 242 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 58 (1.79%) Terraform
3 21 (0.65%) Ansible
4 9 (0.28%) Grafana
5 7 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.18%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.18%) Rancher
7 4 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.092%) Kibana
9 2 (0.062%) MIIS
10 1 (0.031%) cPanel
10 1 (0.031%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.031%) Istio
10 1 (0.031%) Knative
Vendors
1 376 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 216 (6.66%) Oracle
3 70 (2.16%) Google
4 40 (1.23%) Sitecore
5 39 (1.20%) Optimizely
6 34 (1.05%) Siebel
7 32 (0.99%) Salesforce
8 28 (0.86%) Adobe
9 21 (0.65%) ServiceNow
10 17 (0.52%) Cognizant
11 14 (0.43%) Atlassian
11 14 (0.43%) F5
11 14 (0.43%) MuleSoft
11 14 (0.43%) Xamarin
12 11 (0.34%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.31%) Databricks
14 9 (0.28%) NVIDIA
15 8 (0.25%) Blue Prism
15 8 (0.25%) Facebook
15 8 (0.25%) UiPath